“Peculiarity without complaint” – White Cat, Black Dog by Kelly Link
“The beauty of its telling” – Old God’s Time by Sebastian Barry
“Vivid depictions of total destruction” – These Days by Lucy Caldwell
“Worthwhile and accessible” – Travellers to Unimaginable Lands by Dasha Kiper
“Surprisingly gripping” – The Old Woman with the Knife by Gu Byeong-Mo (trans. Chi-Young Kim)
“Timeless” – The Ballad of Halo Jones by Alan Moore, Ian Gibson and Barbara Nosenzo
“Impressive and confident” – Send Nudes by Saba Sams
“Remarkably evocative” – The Instant by Amy Liptrot
“Must try harder” – Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh
“Mixed-up, muddled-up, shook up” – Elizabeth Finch by Julian Barnes
“A biography of the old-fashioned kind” – Tough Guy by Richard Bradford
“Inventive and ambitious” – Aurora by Seraphina Madsen
“Pigs at the trough” – Chums by Simon Kuper
“This is a fine collection” – The Unknown, Weird Writings, 1900-1937 by Algernon Blackwood
“Full of suspense and surprise” – Make Me Clean by Tina Baker
“Masterfully constructed” – The Fawn by Magda Szabo
“Brings a great deal of clarity to bear” – Red Memory by Tania Branigan
“Long overdue” – Where I’m Coming From by Barbara Brandon-Croft
“A blessed improvement on the last outing” – Gwendy’s Final Task by Stephen King & Richard Chizmar
“Casually excellent” – Booth by Karen Joy Fowler
“Mind the gaps” – Boundless as the Sky by Dawn Raffel
“Each story is a treat” – Dance Move by Wendy Erskine
“She could see that there was light” – Victory City by Salman Rushdie
“The reader requires a strong constitution” – The Second Cut by Louise Welsh
“Sheer fist-pumping joy” – Chopin in Kentucky by Elizabeth Heichelbech
“Highly recommended” – The Colony by Audrey Magee #bookerlonglist
“Doesn’t quite get there” – I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness by Claire Vaye Watkins
“When it was good, it was very good” – The Fugitives by Jamal Mahjoub
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